McCarthy country

The Los Angeles Times reports that Dimension films is close to securing the rights to Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel “The Road,” with Viggo Mortensen slated to star as a dying father trying to protect his young son as they move through a nightmarish, ashen landscape. As good as the casting news is, even better is word that John Hillcoat is attached to direct. Anyone who has seen Hillcoat’s brilliant, bloody Australian western “The Proposition” would likely agree that it’s the closest we’ve come to seeing the texture of McCarthy’s masterpiece “Blood Meridian” on screen. Where can I buy advance tickets?